论《理智与情感》中的姐妹情谊

A STUDY OF SISTERHOOD IN SENSE AND SENSIBILITY

简·奥斯丁小说主要关注的是中产阶级青年女子的婚姻大事,但穿插在各个作品之间的姐妹情谊也是不容忽视的主题。在《理智与情感》中,两个女主人公之间互助和谐的姐妹情谊在很大程度上不仅弥补了社会规约对女性成长教育的不利因素,还促进了姐妹婚姻的缔结和提高了各自的婚姻生活质量。这从一个侧面展露了有个好姐妹,跟拥有一桩好婚姻一样,是女性美好生活前景必不可少的因素之一。

Marriage of middle-class young women is the main concern of Jane Austen＇s novels, but sisterhood in these works is also a recurring motifwhich cannot be ignored. In Sense and Sensibility, the sisterhood between the two heroines not only com-pensates for the unfavorable conditions of their growth and marriage social conventions impose on them, but also helps to lead each other to a happy marriage and makes their marriage life work better to a great degree. Therefore, a good sister, as well as a good marriage, is a key factor of women＇s prospect for an ideal future.